Sentences with phrase «economic recession as»

The African - Americans of the 2010s The start of the 2010s found America in the throes of an economic recession as a result of the Housing Market Collapse of... Read More

Using the nearly $ 3 trillion drop in economic output resulting from the recent economic recession as a reference point, the author suggests that the achievement gap between the U.S. and academically top - performing countries «can be said to be causing the equivalent of a permanent recession.»

He stressed further that the exemplary leadership quality of Comrade Sunmonu actually liberated Nigeria our of economic recession as he staged several national protests to recover the nation's wealths from the hands of fraudulent political demagogues.

Steadily rising prices, the danger of continuing inflation, an economic recession as bad or worse than the Great Depression of the early 1930s, and widespread unemployment that can hit almost anywhere give plenty to worry about.

Not exact matches

As the U.S. suffered through a recession, economic downturn and slow recovery in the late - 2000s, it became tough for some car dealers to survive.

Every few years, countries experience an economic downturns, also known as a recession.

New Democratic Party Leader Tom Mulcair cleverly noted that Harper's legacy as economic manager could include two recessions.

The National Bureau of Economic Research, which officially makes the call on whether the US economy is in recession, has its own criteria, but technicalities aside, few people will argue with a characterization of the US economy as being «in recession» if we see two straight quarters of negative growth.

Similarly, in 2001's economic dip, women's job losses accounted for only 14 % of total layoffs, largely because women overwhelmingly work in recession - proof industries such as health care, education and the public sector.

For companies, an economic recession may keep stock prices low, so issuing securities may not generate as much money as the company needs, or can raise elsewhere.

Moody's economist Mark Zandi, who has been a big supporter of President Obama, as well as John McCain, has said he thinks Trump's economic policies would lead to a recession.

Even as the auto industry has roared back to life since the Great Recession, the economic recovery has left the Motor City in its rear - view mirror.

These indicators have not surpassed their highs from the last economic expansion, Sonders said, and recessions happen when there are excesses in the economy, such as high inflation or surplus inventories.

Slower growth — a function of structural changes such as an aging society — means economic slack created in the last recession is being eroded at a sluggish pace.

Her view, as she articulated in a speech to the AFL - CIO labor union in February, is that the spike in unemployment that followed the Great Recession was largely the result of the economic downturn, and not of a skills mismatch problem in the labour market, as some have suggested.

However, as The Great Recession taught us (or should have taught us), there is also a place for nonprime / subprime mortgages at the center of an economic disaster.

However, US inflation continues to undershoot the Federal Reserve's official 2 % target, as it has for most of the economic recovery from the Great Recession.

The trend worries economists because new businesses play a vital role in creating jobs, improving productivity and spurring economic growth; some researchers believe the decline in entrepreneurship, and in other measures of economic dynamism such as labor mobility, could be part of the reason the U.S. has experienced such a slow bounceback from the past two recessions.

These decades happened to coincide with The Great Depression and The Great Recession so you can see that in periods of very poor economic activity, bonds can act as stabilizer for your portfolio.

Stimulus spending ensured that the downturn wasnâ $ ™ t as severe as it could have been and growth was stronger coming right out of the recession, but since then government austerity has slowed economic growth, putting us behind the even the 1990s recovery (see chart below).

And unless that economy started to wean itself off an ever - depleting supply of affordable oil, there would be other recessions to follow as economic recoveries would simply push oil prices right back into triple - digit range.

Harper - economics lead to a Harper - recession and now to a Harper - deficit Louis - Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Confirmation federal government finances have fallen back into deficit raises more questions about Harperâ $ ™ s image, now more myth than reality, as a sound economic manager.

As a rule, when market downturns coincide with economic downturns, the bear market bottom has never occurred until the recession is widely and firmly recognized by the media.

It's important to understand that the USCI isn't a random concoction of data, but rather the gold standard for measuring current economic growth, as it summarizes the key coincident economic indicators used to determine the official start and end dates of U.S. recessions; namely, the broad measures of output, employment, income and sales.

Tough economic times such as this recession have meant that taxpayers need to pay more attention to these chances because they could affect your finances quite a bit.

In evaluating the opinions that you hear to the contrary, keep in mind that the consensus of economists, as measured by the Blue Chip Economic Survey and others, has never forecast an oncoming recession, and usually remained rosy even several months after the actual recession was eventually determined to have started.

During recessions, the government will occasionally offer a tax cut as an economic stimulus.

The hearing has all but anointed Carney as Britain's New World saviour — the man who is tasked with hauling Britain out of its triple - dip recession, seeing it safely through the eurozone crisis and the worst economic downturn since the great depression.

If the deficit is due to an economic recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product, or to «extraordinary events», such as a natural disaster or war, that results in an «cost» of more than $ 3 billion, then the operating budgets of departments and agencies would be automatically frozen to pay for any wage increases.

On the prospect of recession, I'm reasonably well - known as one of the only economists who correctly warned in real - time of oncoming recessions in October 2000 and again in November 2007 — both points where the consensus of economic forecasters indicated no expectation of oncoming trouble at all.

Conception, then, could be used to anticipate recessions just as well as any other economic indicator.

As many investors know, although an extreme lack of growth is generally associated with weak markets, outside of recessions there is a very weak relationship between stock market performance and economic growth.

To some extent, stock market action also implies expectations for slower economic growth, though interest rate signals, such as a flat yield curve, are more suggestive of slow growth than stock market action is, and we've yet to see a substantial widening of credit spreads that would suggest imminent recession.

According to the dictionary, a recession is defined as, «a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two successive quarters.»

The economic recession that ensued was short - lived, however, as the dot - com bubble's impact was fairly contained to Wall Street.

Economic contraction in the U.S. and Europe in the early and mid 1970s did not lead immediately to economic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country receEconomic contraction in the U.S. and Europe in the early and mid 1970s did not lead immediately to economic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country receeconomic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country recessions).

Factors affecting the level of consumer spending for such discretionary items include general economic conditions, and other factors, such as consumer confidence in future economic conditions, fears of recession, the availability and cost of consumer credit, levels of unemployment, and tax rates.

Factors affecting the level of spending for such discretionary items include general economic conditions and other factors such as consumer confidence in future economic conditions, fears of recession, the availability of consumer credit, levels of unemployment, tax rates and the cost of consumer credit.

Not only is that not true — as it is a reflection of Fed policy rather than economic fundamentals — certain sectors like capital spending and manufacturing are in recession already.

According to CD Howe's guidelines (and previous periods categorized as a recession), back to back periods of negative economic growth is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition to constitute a recession.

Moreover, core inflation moved ahead of its level of 6 months ago, and leading economic measures continued to slip (though we don't see them as being indicative of recession risk at present).

Pacific Investment Management Co., which runs the world's biggest bond fund, is forecasting that advanced economies will stall over the next year as Europe slides into a recession, underscoring mounting investor concern about the global economic outlook.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weaknesAs usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weaknesas measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weaknesas measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

And if the economy is not entering a recession, then most certainly it is entering an extended period of slow economic growth, as a result of both external and internal economic developments.

Take the Great Recession as pundits now call the economic crisis we faced in 2008 and onward as an example.

It is possible that a third dynamic such as a recession or stronger economic growth, is responsible for both the increase in Fed purchases and the decline in the real return.

In the United States alone, just those companies in the S&P 500 have been hoarding more than $ 1.9 trillion in cash which began in response to jurisdictional tax disparities and global economic uncertainty following the Great Recession, then accelerated over the past decade as big U.S. corporations accumulated profits offshore in lieu of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hit.

The worst historical periods for investment returns have tended to cluster around major economic events such as the Great Depression, the highly inflationary environment of the 1970s and more recently the Great Recession.

As we saw in the months following The Great Recession, when economic growth slowed abruptly, the Fed moved to jumpstart the economy by lowering its target for the federal funds rate.

And stocks were positive 6 out of the past 9 times in the year leading up to the start of a recession, dispelling the myth that the stock market always acts as a leading indicator of economic activity.